Antricreeping means for railway-rails.



J. F. LYDON.

ANTICREEPING MEANS FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1915.

Patented. May 29, 1917.

WITNESSES:

FATEfiT @FFIQE ANTICREEPING MEANS FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

Application filed June 4, 1915. Serial no. 32,222;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. LYDoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oklahoma city, in the county of Oklahoma and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anticreeping Means for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

An object of the invention is to prevent undue creeping of rail-way rails lengthwise of the road bed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the ensuing description.

The accompanying drawings show one embodiment of the invention in practical form.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing portions of two rail-way ties, and an improved tie plate resting thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, showing also a rail and other parts.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the several figures, in all of which like characters of reference designate like parts, the improvement includes a metal plate 5 adapted to rest upon one or more ties 6 and be secured thereto by any ap proved means.

This plate 5 may be of the double length shown, in order to engage two or more ties 6, or, by cutting the plate centrally, as on the line AA of Figs. 1 and 2, a plate to engage a single tie may be provided.

In providing. improved means for holding the rail 7 against movement lengthwise of the road bed, the plate 5 is notched, as at 8, on both sides of its ends, leaving neck portions 9 terminating in T heads 10.

To allow engagement of these notches 8 by parts fixed on the rail 7, the end of the plate 5 containing said notches projects beyond the edge of the supporting tie 6 lengthwise of the road bed.

This arrangement allows fixed stops on the rail 7 to project down through the notches 8 without coming in wearing contact with the tie 6.

In providing the rail 7 with means for engaging the plate 5, hooked blocks 11 may be set straddle of the edges of the base 12 of the rail and project down through the notches 8, these blocks bei g cla p d-tightly against movement on said base by a bolt 13 which passes through depending portions 14 of said blocks below the neck 9 of the plate and is provided with a screw nut 15.

The engagement of the blocks 11 with the notches 8 holds the rail 7 against lengthwise movement, and the blocks may be enough shorter than the distance between the head 10 and shoulder 16' to allow normal expansion and contraction of the rail.

To secure the plate 5 to the ties 6, it may be provided with holes 17, and spikes 18 or other anchorage elements may be driven down through said holes tightly into the ties.

The heads of these spikes 18 may overlap the edges of the rail base 12 as usual for holding the rail down on the plate 6.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. In a rail anchor, the combination with the tie and rail, of a plate resting upon the tie and provided with a cut-away portion forming shoulders facing toward the ends of the rails, and anchorage means rigidly clamped upon the rail and having a slight amount of play within the cut-away portion of the plate, said anchorage means being adapted to engage either one of the shoulders to prevent creeping of the rail.

2. In a rail anchor, the combination with the tie and rail, of a plate resting upon the tie and provided in the edges thereof with notches forming shoulders which face toward the ends of the rail, and anchorage means rigidly applied to the basal flanges of the rail and projecting within the notches for engagement with either set of shoulders to prevent creeping of the rail.

3. In a rail anchor, the combination with the tie and rail, of a plate resting upon the tie and provided in opposite edges thereof with corresponding notches, and corresponding anchor blocks rigidly applied to opposite sides of the rail and projecting into the notches for engagement with the ends thereof to prevent creeping of the rail.

4. In a rail anchor, the combination with the tie and rail, of a plate resting upon the tie and provided in opposite edges thereof with corresponding notches, hooked anchor blocks straddling the edges of the base of the rail and projecting downwardly through the notches, and clamping means connecting the hooked anchor blocks for holding them rigidly in position upon the rail, said anchor on the plate and having anchorage means blocks being adapted to engage the ends of engaging the neck of said projection. the notches to prevent creeping of the rail. Witness my hand this 15 day of May 1915. it

5. A tie, a plate resting on the tie and JOHN F. LYDON. 5 having a portion projecting beyond the edge Witnesses:

of the tie, the projecting portion having a J. W. BOUsE, neck terminating in a T head, a rail resting MINTA DE FORD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

